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"textContent": "Anna Tong / Forbes:\n**AI labs are buying Slack, Jira, and email archives from defunct startups to build “reinforcement learning gyms” and train AI agents in simulated workplaces** — Defunct startups are being liquidated for their Slack archives, Jira tickets, and email threads—operational exhaust that AI labs now treat as premium training data.",
"title": "AI labs are buying Slack, Jira, and email archives from defunct startups to build \"reinforcement learning gyms\" and train AI agents in simulated workplaces (Anna Tong/Forbes)"
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